Blaze of Glory — Simon Hawke

The U.S.S. Enterprise is assigned to the planet K'Trall--a planet just coming out from under the heel of barbarous suppression. When the planet's newly emerging freedom is threatened by a rouge ship attacking Federation shipping, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew put their lives on the line to protect K'Trall from the raids.

But the planet itself holds a deadly secret, one that could lead to a ressurgence of the despotic cruelty, they have suffered for centuries. With time running out, Captain Picard must see his way past a maze o deadly deception, with billions of lives hanging in the balance.